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Preferred CMM brands?
We are potentially looking into buying a new (or newer) CMM. We are really happy with the CMM Manager software. Are there any CMM brands that work particularly well with CMM-M? Anybody shipping with CMM-M pre-installed? Also, does CMM-M support all the
GD&T ISO tolerancing
Hello I recognized that if I switch GD&T to ISO and click OK, open preferences again, switch to GD&T there is ASME ticked again. How can I see which standard is chosen? thx in advance
Project circle to plane (at angle 45°)
Hi, Wondering what could be the best way to project this circle (which is at 45° from the end plane) to the respective end plane ? Any suggestions:) I intend to find out distance between the centring hole on the end plane & this 45° cylinder projection's
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Gear inspection
i have some doubts in gear inspection while we are measuring the gear spacing /run out check it is getting measured but it doesnt gets reported after the completing the program can i know why this happened
Flip Part Over
I have a 2 sided part. All my datums are on side A. I align my part normally using the datum structure. I want to flip my part over on the CMM table mid program, then remeasure some repeatable features just like Leap Frog works, except I want the CMM
Improve accuracy
Kind of a general CMM question. I'm running an old Numerex 24-28-18, PH9/TP2, CMM-M 12.0.1.8123 . I'm hoping to see if anyone has any advice for getting more accurate diameter measurements. After qualifying on the calibration sphere, and writing a small
Runtime Align Part
Let's assume I had a good reason for using a different alignment other than my DCC alignment while finding different features on my part. When recalling a saved DCC alignment in the middle of a program, is it necessary (or beneficial at all) to add the
TP2 to TP20
This may not be the place to ask, but would you all have any idea what would be involved from updating my CMM from a TP2 probe to a TP20? Is this something I can do myself? How would my existing programs be affected? Is this a better question for a Renishaw
Reporting Profile from Point Clouds that cover multiple NURBS Surfaces from Part CAD
I have created a Cross Section that covers multiple NURBS surfaces from my CAD model. When I report the Cloud to CAD Deviations, I get separate sections for this Profile, 1 for each NURBS Surface. Is there a way to report all 3D Deviations as 1 continuous
LK CMM Transport/bracing questions, manuals?
Does anyone have Information about the LK Microvector G80 series? I bought a couple of these and need to make braces for transport. I was hoping to come across a manual online but can't find anything at all. A set of dimensions would be ideal, currently
Evaluating projected Position
Hi there, I'd like to know the best way to evaluate a Position callout to a projected distance, as shown below with the red arrow.
Multiple True positions to slot feature
We are having some issues interpreting these true position call outs on the slot. What would be the best way to apply the difference in tolerance from the width to the length? (i.e. separate the lines from arcs?) How would you apply Datum-B to the width
Relative Measurement Features
This topic has been discussed a long time ago, but I think it is worth consideration. There are times when checking parts that have deviations from CAD, that the ability to measure features relative to previously measured features would be a big help.
Idea/Question: Identifying measured features, pts etc.. that aren't reported?
Is there a built in function in CMM-M that will identify any measurements in my program that aren't used for reporting or constructions? I know that once a program is completed I'll get a warning if I try and delete anything that has dependent operations.
Aligning to a pattern
What is the ideal way to align to a pattern of holes? What I had been doing for the attached part, was setting my origin to Datum A, then aligning to one the holes for Datum B. After some discussion with Engineering, they said the pattern itself was the
Building Custom Stylus/Probe & Calibrating
Hi Team! Just recently purchased CMMM, Having trouble building a stylus with attachments, then qualify/validated the new stylus on a calibration sphere. Is there any easy tutorials on this? CMMM for dummies?
Displaying Symmetry Shift Graphically
I'm looking for a method to graphically display the "shift" in symmetry without a CAD model. Reporting symmetry only shows the deviation, and i need a way to convey the shift bias from one side to another to see which side is out.
Winrds on windows 10
Just wanted to let people know after lots of trial and error I have a legacy romer arm working with a version of windows 10 that supports solidworks 2021 Feel free to email me for more information @ joshipoditunes@gmail.com
Retrofit PC-DMIS CMM with CMM Manager
Hello, I was just wondering if anyone knows of any way to retrofit an old Starrett CMM with CMM Manager instead of the old PC-DMIS version that we have? It would need a new computer, server, controller, and possibly head for sure so I wasn't sure if it
Cad Teach V-Groove
How would this groove be programmed? I see that I could use Cad teach as a 3d cone, but when selecting the feature, It will only select either the top or bottom of the V. I suspect the problem is that the feature is not recognized as a cone because of
Knowledge Base milestone - 70 articles and counting!
Hi there CMM-Manager users. Over the last week we've added around 50 KB articles, there are now over 70. All manual and DCC install guides along with updated notes are included. We will now start to add tutorials, error help, and other auxiliary
Portable Arm CAD Alignments
What have you found to be the best practice to align part reference frame to CAD when using a portable arm? I typically do not use CAD in my measurements but am shifting to having it in all measurement programs. I am interested in reporting CAD nominals
Measuring spheres accurately
When probing the BB's shown in the pictures (taking the features as a sphere to locate the x,y,z locations for each), I'm attacking it straight down using A0B0 and I'm noticing some sliding of the probe tip for each hit (cosine error?). I'm wondering
CMM Manager running on Windows 10
Hi, we are currently running CMM Manager 3.7 Sp2 on Windows 7 and would like to know if anyone has had any issues running this version on Windows 10 before we go ahead and do the install.
Max Inscribed vs Least Squares
Seems the default for the CMM-Manager is Least Squares for measuring diameters. Our supplier uses Max Inscribed. The 6061 T6 aluminum component being supplied has 2.500-7.000 inch+/-0.005 inner diameter with a depth of 0.200-0.300 inches +/-0.005. Our
Center of slot patterns relative to the part.
For manual CMMs: When creating a point in the center of a measured (by probe, 4-points) open slot, what determines the position of the point on the parallel axis of that slot? By definition that point could be anywhere on that slot's parallel axis, but
CMM-M 3.9SP2 - X and Y movement restricted to X=250 & Y200
Sirs, We are using CMM-M 3.9 SP2 on Nikon VMZ-R4540. Suddenly it has been observed that the machine is not moving beyond X=250 and Y=200. However this issue not been observed when We use CMM-M 3.8 or Nikon AutoMeasure on same machine We have checked all
intersection of a plane and a cylinder.
why can't we intersect a plane and a cylinder to make a line? so many times i've wanted to do this. but this isn't a thing that can be done.
PH20 Issues
Anybody else having problems measuring large diameter cylinders with PH20. It wants to crash into the part. Works fine with measuring inner diameters.
Any advice on measuring arcs of less than 180 degrees
We have always had issues measuring arcs less than 180 degrees. A particular part im measuring now calls out an arc with a 4” radius that’s less than 90 degrees. I can’t get our cmm to measure this feature consistently
Cloud to curve outlier removal
As far as I am aware the only way to remove outliers on a cloud to curve deviation is via a VB script or external script. The idea would be: - Best fit cloud to curve - Report 3D deviation for each point, and remove based on standard deviation - Optionally
GD&T surface profile
I’m measuring an ID scallop on an OD. How should I set my distribution bilateral equal, bilateral unequal, unilateral outside or unilateral inside?
Batch Edit Multiple Features - Global Edit
Implement a function that would allow you to select multiple coplanar features and edit specific items such as depth, DCC settings, Scan Settings, and possibly feature nominal and tolerance for reporting.
Installing 2020
I have run into a couple of issues installing 2020, just wanted to see if anyone had seen the same before contacting QX directly. When running the install.exe, it stops of the screen shown and does nothing until I finally cancel it. 2020 is installed,
MBD/PMI
I know this is probably a silly question, but is there anything in CMM Manager for MBD/PMI integration? Can I import GD&T from my model somehow? If no, are there any plans to implement this at all in the future?
Synching CAD
Good Morning All, I'm having an issue with my measured features showing next to my CAD instead of being Synched with it. Where do I start looking to troubleshoot? Thanks Guys!!
Curve Length Measurement
Hi All, Is there any way to find out the curve Length of any curve scanned using Edge Curve option. Thanks in Advance.
PROBE COMP ON OR OFF
I WAS READING SOMEWHERE ON HERE, THAT WHEN USING POINTS OR COULDS TO BUILD PLANES, CYLINDERS, OR OTHER STUFF, THAT PROBE COMP SHOULD BE OFF BECAUSE OF A COSINE ERROR. WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF WHEN TO HAVE COMP ON, VS OFF? I DON'T THINK I UNDERSTAND
Measurement of cylinders.
Hello, We regularly check (in manual mode) bent copper bars. Each item is similar but the shape is different each time. The dimensions and shapes (angles) are different. So we use a basic program in which we only modify the report part to match each product.